I found some free digital textures and they are great! I found them on Flickr….they are available for download. I added them to some photos of my husband’s from Vienna and I have to say they really added to the photo and made them look fantastic.

They can be “placed” over the photo in Photoshop Elements and then using the blending modes, they can be overlayed, multiplied, burned…however they look best with the photos. They are very easy to use. Click here for the textures….Thanks NinianLif for the FREE textures!

Welcome Friends!

I love to take pictures and put them into a layout and tell my stories with my work. I hope to offer recipes here for you to be able to do that, too! I also hope to offer ideas for cute gifts to create. Welcome to my kitchen where I create, design, and make it "A Piece of Cake." Thanks for looking!

My Cake Mix

My camera is a Nikon D80 Digital SLR with a Nikon DX 18-135mm lens - it is what I use now for my pictures and LOVE it! My computer is a Mac Book Pro. It makes my picture taking and designing "A Piece of Cake"!

Making Cupcakes

* Use a photo enhancing software package
* Use costumes, matching clothes, or cute outfits
* Use a solid sheet or fabric for drape in background
* Use outdoor nature for background
* Use solid color clothing
* Take picture upclose - zoom in on subject

Icing on the Cake

I love to tell stories through my pictures and through paper, hybrid, and digital layouts. I use Photoshop Elements (PSE) 4.0 for Mac to create digital page layouts and storyboards. I got started in digital scrapbooking with Memory Mixer and found it to be very easy to use to tell our stories. The things I can do in PSE is just the "Icing on the Cake!"

A Cherry on Top

I like to touch up my photos in iphoto on my mac. I use Photoshop Elements for photo tinting and other actions. Before Photoshop elements, I used Photo Explosion 3.0. I will post tutorials for both Photo Explosion and Photoshop Elements 4.0 here so they will be "A Piece of Cake!"